In Providence, Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources has announced an $11.5 million pilot program to subsidize electric heat pumps in two- to four-unit income-qualified buildings,
For rental properties, a landlord must approve the project before a heat pump can be installed, and participating households must first meet weatherproofing requirements. Subsidies are tiered by income: low-income households earning up to 80% of the regional median income can receive 100% of eligible costs. Applications go through participating program partners; homeowners, landlords, and tenants do not submit applications directly, and the Office of Energy Resources has said it will announce an opening date, warning that projects started before the program begins may not be eligible.
Funding for the pilot comes from the New England Heat Pump Accelerator, a five-state coalition of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The pilot runs parallel to a separate $32 million federal Home Owner Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) program overseen by the same office, which targets multifamily properties with five or more attached units where at least 50% of the units are occupied by low-income residents and retrofits achieve modeled energy savings of at least 20%. Acting Commissioner Christopher Kearns said in the announcement that working with smaller multifamily housing requires coordination among multiple households as well as weatherproofing requirements.
来源：罗得岛州能源资源办公室试点公告（州政府，经 New England News Press 转述其公布口径） https://newenglandnewspress.com/ri-announces-11-5m-heat-pump-pilot-for-2-4-unit-homes/
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Source: Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
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Photo: 住宅热泵外机（资料图）。（Wikimedia Commons）|A residential heat pump unit (file photo). (Wikimedia Commons)
